Affinity Care
Affinity Care Shipley and Westcliffe Medical Practices A new chapter
Background Affinity Care • Shipley 8,400 patients • Westcliffe 11,400 patients • Decision taken last July to merge the patient lists • We have a strong history of working together and since 2014 we have worked under the same Partnership • Currently we have duplication of many functions across both sites and there are opportunities to work closer together • Single (merged) list is an enabler of this
National drivers Affinity Care • Clear push for larger practices nationally with new contract and Primary Care Networks • Desire to see a wider team of people working in GP – pharmacists, physiotherapists, community workers, advanced nurse practitioners, paramedics and more • New models of care • New ways to access care
Affinity Care Affinity Care • What is Affinity Care? • ‘Super - partnership’ • 25 clinical Partners and 3 non-clinical Partners
Affinity Care Affinity Care We are now 8 practices and 63,000 patients. • Sunnybank • Cowgill • Thornton & Denholme • Haigh Hall • Westcliffe • North Street • The Willows • Shipley
Affinity Care Affinity Care • Focus on providing high quality GP services and care for our patients • Opportunity to develop more local services for you based within our own practices
When is it happening? Affinity Care • Monday 15 th April 2019 – When our clinical system provider will start to merge the two clinical systems together – We will close normal clinics at 3pm to allow this – Emergency cover will be in place via the practice telephone system
When is it happening? Affinity Care • Tuesday 16 th April 2019 – We will reopen at 8:00am as normal – You will still be able to ring us using the normal practice telephone numbers – We have on-site technical support planned for that day – Essentially, it’s “Business as Usual” !!
Shipley Medical Practice Affinity Care • We will be known as Shipley Medical Practice • We will continue to work from both buildings – Shipley Health Centre, Alexandra Road – Westcliffe Health Centre, Westcliffe Road
Website Affinity Care • Our ‘new’ website will be www.shipleymedicalpractice.nhs.uk If patients access the Westcliffe website there will be a redirect for a period of time, taking them to the above site
Affinity Care Care Navigation West Wakefield Model
Care Navigation Affinity Care ”A person-centred approach that uses signposting and information to help primary care patients and their carers move through the health and social care system as smoothly as possible to ensure that unmet needs are met”
Why do Care Navigation? Affinity Care • GP forward view 2016 - widening workforce. • Care Navigators will be pivotal to navigate to the extended primary care team and local services • Patients receive the right care , by the right professional , at the right time and in the right place (locality) • This means one visit, not two or three or more for the patient • Improved job satisfaction for frontline staff
Care Navigation: External Providers (Phase 1) Affinity Care 1. Pharmacy 2. Extended Access 3. Drug and Alcohol 4. Community Connectors 5. Psychological Therapies 6. Sexual Health 7. Midwives (Airdale/Bradford) 8. Citizen’s Advice (Airedale/Bradford) 9. Dentist – work to be done around services
Affinity Care Thank You What Questions Do You Have?
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